Wild Women of the West

Five years ago, Rev. Sandy Ingham told us about some of the Unitarian and Universalist women ministers who went west to fill pulpits that most men were not interested in having — life was too rough on the frontier and the pay was pitiful. It is time to revisit the stories of these women who were active in our faith tradition in the late 1800s and into the beginning of the twentieth century. The “west,” the frontier, at that point in time, was here in the Midwest. The women were way ahead of their time. They were gutsy, determined, unbelievably hard-working, largely unknown and unappreciated until, in 1990, a woman named Cynthia Grant Tucker published a book, Prophetic Sisterhood, about them. In this sermon, Rev. Sandy shared an entirely different narrative about the wild west from the one you probably were taught in school.

Calendar

May 26, 2019

Choir RehearsalMay 26, 20198:45 am - 10:00 am

Newcomers are welcome. Meet in the Annex.

Service: "If These Walls Could Talk"May 26, 201910:00 am - 11:15 am

A lot of good times have been had in Prairie's Meeting Hall. Come hear about some of them! Meet in the Annex.

You never know what fun activities we'll get up to during our Summer Camp Experience at Prairie! Keep an eye on the calendar for specifics, but you can expect lots of outside fun, arts & crafts, cooperative games & plenty of opportunity to get creative!

Prairie's women's group - Women of Wonder (WOW) - meets the first Saturday of almost every month at 9 a.m. Please bring brunch-y food or drink to share. ALL women associated with Prairie are welcome to attend – especially newcomers. Meet in the Annex.